Sampling fish communities in shallow lowland lakes: Point-sample electric fishing vs electric fishing within stop-nets

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-313

  Perrow, M R ^a   Jowitt, A J D ^a   Zambrano Gonzalez L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electric fishing; Fractional sampling; Lakes; Stock assessment; UK

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0000602835     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1996.d01-152.x     Document Type: Article

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